<p class="title rtejustify">The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) has asked right-wing activist Sambhaji Bhide to name the childless couples who, he claimed, were blessed with children after eating mangoes from his farm.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The civic body sent a show cause notice to Bhide, asking him to prove his claim that the fruit from his mango orchards helped these couples in having a male child.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The activist had made the claim earlier this month at a public rally in Nashik, which was part of his mission to reinstate the golden throne at Raigad - the erstwhile capital of Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's kingdom.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"I have never shared this with anyone except my mother. I have planted these mango trees in my farms. Till now, 180 childless couples took the fruit from me and 150 of them have had children," Bhide had claimed.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"If a couple wants a male child, they will have it after eating these mangoes. This mango is useful for those facing infertility," Bhide had boasted.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The NMC sent the notice to Bhide last week after a social activist approached the health authorities debunking his claim, a civic official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Bhide has been asked to furnish names of the "beneficiary" couples and their addresses, the official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Bhide, who heads the Shiv Pratishthan Hindustan, is an accused in the January 1 Bhima-Koregaon caste violence case.</p>
<p class="title rtejustify">The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) has asked right-wing activist Sambhaji Bhide to name the childless couples who, he claimed, were blessed with children after eating mangoes from his farm.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The civic body sent a show cause notice to Bhide, asking him to prove his claim that the fruit from his mango orchards helped these couples in having a male child.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The activist had made the claim earlier this month at a public rally in Nashik, which was part of his mission to reinstate the golden throne at Raigad - the erstwhile capital of Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's kingdom.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"I have never shared this with anyone except my mother. I have planted these mango trees in my farms. Till now, 180 childless couples took the fruit from me and 150 of them have had children," Bhide had claimed.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"If a couple wants a male child, they will have it after eating these mangoes. This mango is useful for those facing infertility," Bhide had boasted.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The NMC sent the notice to Bhide last week after a social activist approached the health authorities debunking his claim, a civic official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Bhide has been asked to furnish names of the "beneficiary" couples and their addresses, the official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Bhide, who heads the Shiv Pratishthan Hindustan, is an accused in the January 1 Bhima-Koregaon caste violence case.</p>